Prices are low!-;)
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raymond.harper
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The market is bad at the moment, cars and even houses are just not selling. I feel sorry for the forum member having to sell it at that price. However, after looking through 122 pictures of the car, she clearly needs a lot of work. I hope her new owner will get it fixed to a good standard.
I am not sure the market is bad as such, the M I bought was only up for sale a couple of days and the price was not low.
Just has to be the right car, right condition. I know from my si that if a car is not 100% to start with, it costs a lot to put it right. I have maintained a spreadsheet and I ploughed £5k in a £6k car in the end.
Just has to be the right car, right condition. I know from my si that if a car is not 100% to start with, it costs a lot to put it right. I have maintained a spreadsheet and I ploughed £5k in a £6k car in the end.
pvr said:
I don't think the car market is that bad either. Good cars priced well always sell.
Covid artificially drove car prices far too high. Too many people have bought cars during this period and unwilling to accept the losses on the car they bought. Car prices were always going to come back down.
Car specific forums can be the best and worse for advice. There are too many owners desperate for their cars to be as valuable as possible. They are too biased.
There are a number of car valuation guides out there. They tell owners what the market value of cars is. Buyers still ignore these guides, or question their accuracy, only to find the market isn't where they thought it was.
raymond.harper
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Usel
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Looks like a neglected car. The amount of grime around heated seat buttons and down the handbrake leather folds shows they didn't try very hard to make it sell.
In person I bet that interior looked awful and dirty.
This car sold for £4800 last week before fee's so that Alpina must have looked rough in person:
https://www.historics.co.uk/auction...=0&au=84&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=96&pn=2&g=1
In person I bet that interior looked awful and dirty.
This car sold for £4800 last week before fee's so that Alpina must have looked rough in person:
https://www.historics.co.uk/auction...=0&au=84&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=96&pn=2&g=1
Pondrew
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No matter what anyone says, it was the mileage that killed the value of that car.
Mileage is about the ONLY thing that matters with used car values these days. It is even more important with rare, old, cars that only appeal to an 'enthusiast' market. Makes complete sense to me. The car market has reverted back to the rules of the 'pre-covid' days, simple as that.
Low mileage 'CAT' cars are even asking higher values than high mileage non-cat ones. That would never have been the case in the past.
Mileage is about the ONLY thing that matters with used car values these days. It is even more important with rare, old, cars that only appeal to an 'enthusiast' market. Makes complete sense to me. The car market has reverted back to the rules of the 'pre-covid' days, simple as that.
Low mileage 'CAT' cars are even asking higher values than high mileage non-cat ones. That would never have been the case in the past.
I accept that well maintained higher mileage cars can be a better buy than neglected low mileage vehicles. But, all cars wear with use and where there is paint/body damage, repairs soon mount up. So keeping our ‘hobby cars’ on the road for those of us with limited skills at repairs of any nature can be prohibitively expensive. We are lucky to have the help of some very able Forum Members to help. Without that help I would no longer own a Z. So I think most folks will continue to search for well looked after-cars with a low mileage. For the ‘faint-hearted’ like myself high mileages will always deter me.
Usel
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pvr said:Looked at the pics, and the amount of scuffs on bumpers, kick plate and indeed the rust in so many places. Where would you start
Headlights are different too. One black and the other silver. Not really difficult to find halogen headlights at the moment to have a matching pair.
Usel said:pvr said:Looked at the pics, and the amount of scuffs on bumpers, kick plate and indeed the rust in so many places. Where would you start
Headlights are different too. One black and the other silver. Not really difficult to find halogen headlights at the moment to have a matching pair.
It is one of those games of how many differences you can spot :rofl:
Usel
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pvr said:Usel said:pvr said:Looked at the pics, and the amount of scuffs on bumpers, kick plate and indeed the rust in so many places. Where would you start
Headlights are different too. One black and the other silver. Not really difficult to find halogen headlights at the moment to have a matching pair.
It is one of those games of how many differences you can spot :rofl:
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